It shall be this one's duty to offer recipes and menus. These will be easy to follow, and tested to be good enough that a slave would allow his Master to serve it to Master's Guests and reflect only the best of his Master.
For far worse than Master's anger is Master's disappointment.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Hut Hut Ham!

October is not only
LGBT History month, it is also National Tackle Hunger month. As the
media starts to fill with football everywhere, lets do our part to
“Tackle” this problem. You don't have to save the world, just
take a bag of canned goods to your local food pantry. Even a small
bag can offer hope to people in crisis. We will never feel abundance
until we share what little we have with someone who truly has
nothing.

Every ham you buy will
say if it is “fully cooked” or not. With these all you have to do
is heat in the oven, or slow cooker. The trick to making it special
is what you smear on the outside during the last half hour of
heating! That is what fills the house with a wonderful aroma of love.
So snap this ham back to your favorite quarterback so he can score!

Ingredients:

1 2–3lbs fully cooked
ham

1 sleeve of graham
crackers

½ cup brown sugar

2 oranges (use both the
juice and the zest)

1 slice bacon

For sides:

Roasted broccoli

Marconi and Cheese

Directions:

Make
sure the ham is unwrapped completely. Set it out to reach room
temperature about 45
minutes.

Pre
heat the oven to 350. Place a rack on a lined cooking sheet.

Spray
the rack with cooking spray.

NOTE:
you will roast the ham for 10
minutes
per pound total. The last 30
minutes
you will glaze the ham. So in this case, since It is only 3 lbs (30
minutes total)
you glaze it when you place it in the oven. If you were feeding a
larger group with a larger ham use the above times and do not glaze
until that last half hour.

Topping/Glaze:

Put
the sleeve of graham crackers into a food processor and pulse into
crumbs. Mix in the brown sugar and add to a large bowl.

Zest
the oranges over the bowl, getting most of the orange skin as
possible without the white underparts. Cut the oranges in half.

Squeeze
just enough juice into the mixture to turn it into a thick paste.

Cut
the slice of bacon into thirds and place on top of the ham.

Carefully
pat this thick paste all over the top. If you have any left over,
spoon that on top after 15 minutes in the oven it form a wonderful
crust.

Allow
to rest for about 10
minutes before
carving.

Slave
chose to serve roasted broccoli with macaroni and cheese as sides. It
makes a very pretty color combination.

The
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For
today's history: 1950

Dale
Jennings would become known as the “Rosa Parks” of the LGBT
rights movement. He was a World War Two hero of Guadalcanal.

In
November of 1950, along with Bob Hull, Chuck Rowland and Harry Hay,
he attended a meeting to set up what became the Mattachine Society. A
group that would fight to gain acceptance through greater
communication between homosexuals and heterosexuals. There had been
other groups, but this one held together.

However
it was not for being a war hero, a playwright, or author that Dale
Jennings is remembered for. It was because when he was arrested for
allegedly soliciting a police officer in a public park toilet, he
fought the case and WON!

The
incident happened in what is now known as MacArthur Park. The trial
drew national publicity to the relatively unknown Mattachine Society.
Membership grew dramatically after it was announced the society
would help Jennings fight his case. Harry Hay managed to get the
support of attorney George Sibley, a member of the Citizen's Council
to Outlaw Entrapment.

Jennings
was one of the first homosexual men to fight charges such as this
one. Most plead guilty to avoid public scrutinizing. His case was
promoted nationally. Anonymous funds began to come in to help fight
the case. His decision to fight was a pivotal point in the movement.
For this he has been called the “Rosa Parks” of gay rights.

The
trial began in 1952. Jennings freely admitted to being a homosexual.
However he insisted that he had done nothing wrong. He had been
entrapped! He insisted that the officer had done the “actions”
not him.

At
the end of the ten day trail the jury voted 11 to 1 for acquittal on
the basis of police intimidation, harassment, and entrapment of
homosexuals. His case was dismissed.

The
effects spread across the nation. Homosexuals were going to stand up
for their rights.

In
those early years there were differing views of how best to obtain
rights. Harry Hay believed that “homosexuals were a unique and
especially talented group that needed to come together to reclaim
their sacred and traditional roles”. Jennings, on the other hand,
held the belief that essentially there was no difference between a
homosexual and a heterosexual man. He preferred a more private role
and wanted to fight to be left alone. It was a much more conservative
time and divisions in view points would soon lead the organization to
ask Harry Hay to leave.

In
1953 a group had split off led by Jennings and friends called One
inc.

This
became the dominant organization in Los Angeles. Jennings sister
Elaine and her husband James Porter provided financial assistance.
They produced a magazine that spoke out openly and quickly became the
voice of the movement. Jennings was editor in chief and the main
writer.

His
writings would continue to be the main part of the LGBT movement even
though the magazine had a low circulation it was passed from person
to person. The word was slowly getting out.

Financial
problems led to Jennings being ask to leave after 2 years.

Jennings
then started to get books published. His third, The Cowboys was
bought by Warner Bros. The book caused controversy due to its
glimmers of homo-eroticism.